Hearings for Education Committee

109th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session - Day 23

The order of the bills listed may not be the order in which they are heard that day in committee.

Education
Hearing status: Pending
Date: Tuesday February 24, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Abegglen, Jon - Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB1262
Introducer: Andersen
Description: Adopt the Foreign Adversaries Out of Postsecondary Education Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB1051
Introducer: Education Committee
Description: Change a definition relating to the University of Nebraska
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1052
Introducer: Education Committee
Description: Change terminology relating to the Student Discipline Act
Education
Hearing status: Pending
Date: Tuesday February 17, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB960
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Provide a requirement to include nonvoting student members on school boards
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB966
Introducer: Cavanaugh, M.
Description: Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB1034
Introducer: Dungan
Description: Prohibit school staff from allowing federal immigration enforcement officers to access schools without a judicial warrant
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1207
Introducer: Juarez
Description: Require school districts to provide mental health leave for school employees
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB1247
Introducer: Dover
Description: Require postsecondary institution participation in the Nebraska Statewide Workforce and Education Reporting System for the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act
Education
Hearing status: Pending
Date: Tuesday February 10, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Buckendahl, Chad W - Technical Advisory Committee for Statewide Assessment
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Fields, Joshua - Technical Advisory Committee for Statewide Assessment
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Von Behren, Paul J - Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Wilson, William - Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB855
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Adopt the Youth Early Intervention and Support Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB1201
Introducer: Guereca
Description: Provide for a grant program related to classroom libraries and engagement materials
Education
Hearing status: In Progress
Date: Monday February 09, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB1112
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Adopt the Statewide Standardized Grading System Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB1184
Introducer: Fredrickson
Description: Adopt the Nebraska Tribal College Investment Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB1086
Introducer: Dover
Description: Change eligibility requirements for community college gap assistance
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1039
Introducer: Dungan
Description: Prohibit school resource officers and security guards from using corporal punishment
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB1182
Introducer: Lippincott
Description: Provide for a base salary for certified teachers and state intent relating to changes to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and a new form of block grant funding
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB1029
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Redefine terms relating to reportable funding from a foreign adversarial source for colleges and universities
Education
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Tuesday February 03, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB1196
Introducer: Storer
Description: Prohibit the use of state or local funds for low-earning outcome postsecondary education programs
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB1164
Introducer: Lonowski
Description: Adopt the Prior Learning Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB1208
Introducer: Juarez
Description: Provide a budget requirement under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1224
Introducer: Hunt
Description: Prohibit children from transferring to an exempt school during certain child abuse or neglect investigations and prohibit persons convicted of certain crimes from monitoring or providing instruction at such schools
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB1241
Introducer: Murman
Description: Provide requirements relating to applications for employment at a school
Education
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Monday February 02, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB1038
Introducer: Hughes
Description: Change provisions relating to school funding and property taxes
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB742
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Provide requirements relating to the participation of seventh and eighth grade students in high school sports
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB1046
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Require school policies relating to name, image, and likeness rights for high school students
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1243
Introducer: Murman
Description: Change school board policies and procedures relating to part-time enrollment
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB1146
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Change provisions relating to reports by a school district relating to absences of a child from school
Education
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Tuesday January 27, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB1050
Introducer: Murman
Description: Amend the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act to limit advancement to grade four
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB1053
Introducer: Education Committee
Description: Eliminate the prohibition regarding suspending a student that is in prekindergarten through second grade
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB893
Introducer: Storm
Description: Provide for an interpersonal relations training course as an alternative to the human relations training requirement for substitute teachers
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1022
Introducer: Murman
Description: Eliminate the human relations training requirement for obtaining certificates and permits for teaching, providing special services, or education administration
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB1024
Introducer: Murman
Description: Require school districts and the State Board of Education to provide for instruction on the history of communism
Education
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Monday January 26, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB833
Introducer: Kauth
Description: Change provisions relating to instructional priorities and degree programs at state colleges
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB956
Introducer: Cavanaugh, J.
Description: Provide for the collection of postsecondary institution compensation data
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB870
Introducer: Andersen
Description: Change residence requirements relating to tuition and fees at state postsecondary educational institutions
Note: This will be a combined hearing with LB1061
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1061
Introducer: Murman
Description: Change residence requirements relating to tuition and fees at state postsecondary educational institutions
Note: This will be a combined hearing with 870
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB745
Introducer: Juarez
Description: Change provisions relating to the requirements for a diploma of high school equivalency
Education
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Tuesday January 20, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB924
Introducer: Andersen
Description: Change authorized uses of learning community levies
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB748
Introducer: Sorrentino
Description: Change provisions relating to the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and allow for the use of trust funds for recognized postsecondary credential programs
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB841
Introducer: Rountree
Description: Change provisions relating to special education services, parental consent, and hearings
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB937
Introducer: Education Committee
Description: Change provisions relating to option enrollment, reading, dyslexia, reporting, teacher apprenticeships, teacher recruitment and retention, and the College Pathway Program
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB940
Introducer: Murman
Description: Prohibit certain color additives in school meals